Derailment-guard.



M. P. WELCH.

DBRAILMBNT GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 14, 1910.

995,309. Patented June 13,1911. 1

WITNESSES fm i DERAILMENT-GUARD.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION F. WELCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hollis, in the county of Cloud and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Derailment-Guard, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in derailment guards.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of derailment guards, and to provide a simple, emcientand comparatively inexpensive guard, adapted to be readily applied to a truck and arranged to positively engage the rail in event of the wheels leaving the same, and adapted to prevent the truck from turning edgewise and wrecking a train.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, andl pointed out in the claim hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing z-F igure l is a side elevation of a derailment guard, constructed in accordance with this invention, and shown applied to a car. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a car, illustrating the arrangement of the opposite derailment guards. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the derailment guard detached. Fig. t is a det-ail view of a portion of the shoe.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, l designates a shoe constructed of suitable material and consisting of a horizontal body portion, provided at the outer side edge with a depending longitudinal flange 2, having its terminals 3 bent outwardly to enable it to clear the ends of the rails and similar obstructions, while the shoe is riding upon the top of the rails. The shoe is located at the outer faces or sides of the wheels 4f in close proximity to the same, its inner edge being preferably arranged about one inch from the wheels, and it is located above the plane of the rails. the lower edge of the guard flange Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 14, 1910.

Patented June 13, 1911. serial No. 587,051.

being preferably arranged about one inch above the plane of the treads of the rails to enable it to clear switches, frogs and the like. By arranging the shoe in this position, it is practically impossible for the wheels 4 of the truck 5 to leave the rails without the Shop dropping thereon and supporting the loac.

The shoe is located below the plane of the pedestal tie bar 6, and it is connected therewith by a combined att-aching and spacing bar 7, constructed of suitable metal and bent to form central and side supporting loops 8 and 9 and intermediate bottom attaching portions 10. The end loops, which fit against the pedestal tie bar below the ournal boxes, are secured to the truck by means of journal box bolts 11, and the central supporting loop, which is fitted against the intermediate portion of the pedestal tie bar, is secured to the same by the column bolts 12 of the truck. The intermediate attaching portions 10 and the terminals 13 of the bar 7 are fitted against the upper face of the lbody portion of the shoe and are fastened to the same by bolts 14, or other suitable fastening devices. The terminal portions 13 of the bar 7 are bent outwardly to fit t-he body portion of the shoe, and they are attached to the terminal portions thereof beyond the ends of the depending guard flange. The loops of the bar 7 space the shoe the proper distance from the pedestal tie bar and support the shoe at the outer side of the wheels.

The terminal portions 15 of the body portion of the shoe are extended beyond the depending guard flange and are curved upwardly and are connected to the lower ends of thechains 1G, which are secured at their upper terminals to the body of the car. The lower terminals of the chains are equipped with rings 17, which are linked into suitable perforations of the ends of the shoe. The chains, which are of sufficient length to permit the vertical movement and the lateral vibration of the car body, are adapted to maintain the trucks in alinement with the body of the car, and they prevent the trucks from turning around sidewise and wrecking a train.

I-Iavin 0' thus fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A derailment guard including a shoe consisting of an approximately horizontal body ico portion extending longitudinally of a truck beneath the pedestal t-ie bar thereof and provided at its outer side with a depending guard flange located above the plane of the rails, Said body portion bein extended beyond the ends of the depen ing guard iiange and curved upwardly, a combined connecting and spacing bar bent to orm central and end supporting loops secured to the pedestal tie bar by the ournal box bolts and the column bolts, respectively, the said bar being secured at its terminals and at points between the supporting loops to the said shoe and the terminals of the bar being located beyond the ends of the guard iange and supporting the extended terminal portions of the body of the shoe, and chains for connecting the extended terminals of the shoe with the body of a car for maintaining the truck in alinement therewith.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARION F. VELCH.

litnesses:

HARRY LOUGHMILLER, ROBT. MCGAUGH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

